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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I'm Engaged!!!

The day I've been waiting for has finally arrived. Its true, I'm engaged. But there is more to it than just a simple proposal. In fact its anything but simple.

I knew that he was proposing soon I just had NO clue when but I did not expect what actually happened. Last night after our Institute class our friends suggested for us all to go get frostys at Wendy's. So i agreed to go along since thats just a kind of thing we usually do.

We show up at Wendy's and I sit down with a couple friends while Reed is paying for our frosty. He comes to sit down and hands me mine. I start slowly eating away since after all it is ice cream and I hate brain Freezes. Then one of my friends gets the bright Idea to race, i'm up for a little competition so I agree to go along and start scarfing my frosty down. I mean I was taking huge bites and swallowing there was no tasting at all.

I get to the end and everyone starts staring at me with this weird worried look on their face and I have no clue what is going on around me. Reed picks up my cup looks in it and of course it is empty. Then he starts looking all around me like he lost something. Then everyone starts digging in their cups and looking around them. I have no clue what is going on this whole time.

Finally Reed gets up and tells me that he thinks I swallowed my ring. I could not believe it! I swore that i would've felt it but he gave me the right cup and thats the only place it could've been. The whole time i thought he was joking and i was waiting for him to propose. Then he suggests to go to the Emergency Room and get an xray.

We start to drive over and the whole time i still think he is joking. I was waiting for him to pull over and propose but it doesn't happen. We get to the hospital and walk in and check in and i realize this really must be happening.We get the x-ray and there it is!!!!! Oh my goodness I could not believe that my engagement ring is in my stomach! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but i think i did a little of both.

We go back to his house and he does the real proposal with the xray in hand haha with his family and our friends watching. But of course I said Yes even after all i just went through. Then we go off to tell my family what happened and they could not believe it and haven't stopped laughing ever since. Yes it is such a crazy fun story but i'll be much happier once its out haha.

Good new is that we got another x-ray and its moved quite a bit and is about to enter my large intestine. So my estimated arrival date is tomorrow afternoon. Lets just hope and pray!

Now just stop laughing for a moment and watch the video that my friend Racquel recorded. It is a bit lengthy but I promise its worth it!

I still can't belived this happened but it did. I'm not sure I would belive this story if I was anyone else especially coming from me. Its crazy and insane but thats my life. :)I've been filled with fiber all day and been drinking tons and tons of water so hopefully everything goes smoothly literally hahahaI will keep everyone updated on what happens next. But all kidding aside I'm so excited that i'm finally engaged and can't wait to spend the rest my life with the man of my dreams :)

Kaitlin, it is truley the BEST engagment story I've heard. I seriously couldn't be happier for you. I'm glad that all came out smoothly and can't wait to see pictures. You are such a great friend and I'll be telling this story for years to come. Just think about all the opportunities that you will have to tell it. It will be great. I love you and you are so amazing!

In the video the look on your face was so sad when you heard the bad news! I felt for you! And then at the end of the video I loved your comment about "I don't want to throw up!" Man this is too much....wait this is reminding me of an old saying that fits perfectly here "KK's Ka Ka"I love you Girl!!Congratulations I am so happy for you and your new life!

gah kaitlin only you would do that lol... haha i guess all those times you and i going to wendy's... haha and racing with our frosty's lol... you got too good at it, you had too much practice lol... so i guess i am partly to blame for this too lol... haha i am so so so so happy for you babe! i can't wait to see pictures... i love you so much! glad you have ur ring now though :)

I wanted to comment yesterday but I didn't know how much you were going to tell. But hey! Let's face it, you'll have the most memorable engagment ever! I am so happy for you! Congrats! Plus I heard you got it this mornig so congrats on that too! I wish all the luck and love sweetie!

I came from your sister's blog!! You can thank her for sending all of us here. But first congrats!! And second thank you for making me laugh. I am extremly sick and I haven't felt like much all day until this!!

Kaitlin I just have to say that your story is making the rounds all over Utah, Arizona, and Mexico. I've told pretty much everyone I know plus my supervisors at work and friends. When I told Becca she said, "I can't wait to tell someone" plus Heidi told me she was going to email the link to all her friends. I love it, this will be a story that goes on FOREVER! Pretty much you'll be the person that everyone says, "I heard from a friend that one their friends had a friend that swallowed a ring" and they won't believe it but IT'S TRUE! I laugh everytime I tell someone new. As funny as it is I'm not really suprised. This is exactly something that would happen to you. I can't wait to see the final product!

Kristi linked to your story from her blog and I just died. Best engagement story ever. You're so lucky to have those x-rays..I'd probably put one of those light things in my house so I could properly display them. Awesome!

I'm all the way in Bermuda reading this story. I'd just come home from a crappy (pardon the pun) day at work and feeling downright grumpy. Well, let me tell you that this tale had me cracking up with laughter...especially when it got to the part about instead of a regular proposal Reed proposed going to the Hospital! Then the prunes and bran part-so funny...I'm glad the ring came out o.k. This story was so cute-I wish you guys all the best and thanks for the laugh! Ann in Bermuda.

I don't know you, but my husband forwarded me an article about the proposal and I almost died laughing... I just had to check out your blog to see if it was really true... that is just too funny. I'm glad you finally got the ring!

You don't know me, but I read your story on MSNBC.com. Congratulations on the engagement, and I have to say that this is the best engagement story I have ever heard! The ring is gorgeous and you both look very happy.Good luck in your lives together.

oh my heck what a hilarious story!! I LOVE that you've got that x-ray picture of it! so so funny! And what a fun way to become a little famous too! :) best of wishes to you and Reed in your upcoming marriage and life together!

Congrats!! Oh well your story went around the world.. well lets face it, I'm not from around the world, just from Mexico, but I loved your story!! It reminds me, my son in law, last xmas I gave him a magnetic game, and he swalow one of them. And it didn't go out as easy as your ring, even thow it was a little tiny ball.. but it was magnetic. He had to go thorough a endoscopy... sad, ah.. So prunes and fiber.. great!!!Anyway, I couldn't resist to congratulate both of you and wish you a great life togheter.!!

Hilarious! My husband forwarded this to me, and I was just dying! He thinks you and Reed need to have that x-ray hanging in your house. Congrats on the engagement and the extraction of that gorgeous ring!

Awww...that is just the cutest story ever! Just think of the stories you'll be able to tell your kids one day. You two look like the most adorable couple and your future husband looks like he completely adores you. Best of luck in your married lives...

Congratulations on your engagement! You don't know me but I saw you on Today's show (Yes, you are very popular now).... it is a very funny/romantic story and something to tell your kids about hahahaha... I recently got engaged so I know how exciting it could be but well... I didn't need to do any extra work to get the ring haha... have fun planning the wedding.

Wow, what a fun story! Saw you on Ellen today, and figured you are LDS, but still not sure. Then saw your Today show stint. So fun! I am a photgrapher and I wish I could come offer you free photography service, but I'm having a baby in early May. Do you have a date yet? Congrats, such a great story! Follow my name to my photography blog if you wanna know a bit about me.

heyy Congrats to u guys .... this is so hilarious and lovely .... I came across ur story through one of the indian movie forums and then looked up for ur blog to check if its actually true ... (http://forum.santabanta.com/showthread.htm?t=114347) ,,,

Another stranger commenting here, hope you don't mind. Congrats on your engagement. I'd heard your story on the radio, but thought it was a joke. Then a friend put a link to your blog on hers. What a story!

Well, you're giving so many people a giggle, you're being another great ambassador for our church, and your honeymoon dream came true. That's sa-weet. I forgot to ask a question, though: Did the producers of these shows seem confused when you asked for separate hotel rooms? Ha ha.

Found your story via Stumble. My boyfriend and I had a good laugh. I hope everything "works itself out" and that your wedding and marriage turn out exactly as you hope. lol. If he'll stick by you through pooping out an engagement ring, he's the one. : )

This story is still going strong, Consumerist.com just posted an article on Wendy's Frosty's and this blog got linked in the comments: http://consumerist.com/5293829/the-poor-misunderstood-wendys-frosty

I'm from Estonia (if you know where it is.. a quite little country next to Russia and Finland, so in Europe).First i read your story from this site: http://www.ohtuleht.ee/index.aspx?id=318495 and then found your blog adress.. the news reached quite far, it seems. But it is sure a good story to tell your kids and it was nice of you to share it with others. Congrats and all the best! :)

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Hi Kaitlin, this is such a great story. I work for The Civilians theater company in NYC www.thecivilians.org and we are doing a piece about weddings. I'd love to interview you and Reed if you'd be open to it. You can send me an email and we can talk further if you like. I'm at project manager@thecivilians.org

Hi Kaitlin! I hope this message finds you well. I am a casting director with Optomen Productions in NYC working on a brand new pilot for a major television network. I have watched your story and would love to speak with you about the insane proposal-its amazing. I hope to hear from you soon!

Hello Kaitlin, my name is Claire and I am an assistant producer for a UK television production company. I wondered if you could please contact me as we are interested in using one of your pictures in a show on claireb@hattrick.com

Hello Kaitlin, my name is Nadia and I am an assistant producer for a UK television production company. My collesgue Claire tried to get in touch last year. I wondered if you could please contact me as we are interested in using one of your pictures in a show on Nadiak@hattrick.com

Now that is what I would call an unusual proposal. Congratulations Kaitlin. I hope the ring made it intact to your finger in the end :) I also hope it was a beautiful diamond engagement ring. Do you have any pictures of the ring on your hand?